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Anyway, the AL Wild Card race is essentially over -- aside from who gets which position. Baltimore is 5 back, and the White Sox are 5.5 back, so barring a collapse by any of the 3 teams, it will be Toronto, Seattle, and Tampa.

In the NL, the Brewers trail the Phillies by 2.5, but I don't think they're going to make it. I think it will very likely be Atlanta (or Mets), Philly, and Padres.

Still annoyed that the Dodgers might have to face BOTH the Braves and Mets in the NLDS/NLCS.

Oh, and Judge hit his 60th. Obviously he will pass Maris. The question becomes whether or not he deserves to be the true HR king, or if we still count roidheads McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds.
Baseball has a true, serious marketing issue.

For me as a past diehard (been checked out since Cubs won in 2016) but still a sports fan that tunes in to the playoffs casually but have no idea about Judge is utterly laughable. I've attended two MLB games this year, Seattle and Colorado.
I follow baseball more than most and even I really don’t care about the Judge home run thing as much as the Ohtani accomplishment. I’m barely following.

Different ball and better pitchers today vs the ‘Roid era and the Maris era. I am much more impressed and entertained by how Judge fixed his offense in the cage.